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Learning, Mushrooms

Elon Musk, Prince Harry, and the Celebrity Psychedelic Confessional

Posted on by Lennox Reid
Psychedelic collage featuring magic mushrooms, Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, and a Salt Lake City postcard, illustrating the cultural and spiritual history of psilocybin mushrooms in mainstream consciousness
17
Apr

It used to be that admitting you’d taken mushrooms was a career liability — the kind of thing you said quietly to close friends or not at all. Now it’s a profile piece in a major magazine. A chapter in a memoir. A podcast moment that goes viral before the episode finishes downloading. From Elon Musk to Prince Harry to Kristen Bell, the celebrity psychedelic confessional has arrived — and what they’re all saying, when you line it up, is surprisingly consistent: it helped. It changed something. I’m not who I was before.

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I Microdosed Every Day for 30 Days. Here’s What Actually Happened.

Posted on by Lennox Reid
Wooden letter blocks spelling out the word microdosing on a grey background, representing a 30-day psilocybin microdosing experiment and its effects on mood, creativity and mental health
10
Apr

I expected to become one of those people — sharper in meetings, warmer with strangers, sleeping eight hours without the ambient dread that usually wakes me up at 3am convinced I’ve forgotten something important. I expected a gentle, cumulative upgrade. A software update for a brain that had been running the same slightly buggy version for 27 years. I did not become one of those people. What happened instead was stranger, more boring, more useful, and significantly harder to put in an Instagram caption.

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Advice, Learning, Mushrooms

Why Your Second Trip Feels Nothing Like Your First

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Illustrated graphic of magic mushrooms representing the neuroscience of why a second psilocybin trip feels different from the first
20
Mar

The first time is unforgettable. You didn’t know what to expect, so your brain had nothing to defend against. The visuals hit differently when you’ve never seen geometry breathe before. Then you went back — same mushrooms, same couch, same carefully assembled playlist — and something was off. Flatter. More work. Less magic.
What happened? Your brain remembered. And remembering, it turns out, changes everything. From receptor downregulation to the neuroscience of expectation, here’s exactly why your second trip felt nothing like your first — and what to do about it.

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Advice, Learning, Mushrooms

Why Mushrooms Don’t Care About Your Identity

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Ancient church fresco depicting spiritual transcendence and the dissolution of ego, echoing themes of mushroom-induced self-reflection and interconnectedness.
06
Feb

I didn’t stop being a bully because I found compassion.
I stopped because mushrooms took away the lie that I was better than anyone else.

Mushrooms don’t care who you think you are. They strip you down to the organism underneath and remind you, bluntly, that everyone else is trying to survive the same invisible weight. Not in a “we are one” slogan kind of way — in a biological, unavoidable one.

This is the story of how taking too many mushrooms didn’t make me nicer overnight… it just made being unkind impossible to unsee.

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Tricks, Treats & Trips: A Psychedelic Halloween Guide

Posted on by Lennox Reid
Colorful Halloween mushrooms glowing under moonlight — a surreal psychedelic scene representing Smiles High Club’s “Tricks, Treats, and Trips” blog about the magic of Halloween and mushrooms.
31
Oct

This Halloween, Smiles High Club invites you to step beyond the candy bowl and into the curious world where tricks, treats, and trips collide. From the ancient rituals that birthed our love of fright, to the modern magic of psychedelic exploration, this spooky season isn’t just about costumes — it’s about consciousness. Whether you’re microdosing under the harvest moon or swapping ghost stories with a mushroom tea in hand, there’s a certain enchantment that lingers in the air. Join us as we peel back the mask of Halloween and uncover the mystical, mind-bending roots beneath the surface.

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Magic Mushrooms & Time Travel: Why Shrooms Bend Your Perception of Time

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Close-up of mushrooms growing in natural light against an earthy background
26
Sep

Mushrooms don’t just change how we see the world — they change how the world is seen. From shifting colors and bending time to blurring the line between self and universe, psilocybin has a way of turning ordinary moments into something extraordinary. In this post, we explore the wild territory of perception and illusion: why your living room might feel like a cathedral, how “infinity” can suddenly feel tangible, and what science says about the strange tricks our brains play while under the influence of mushrooms.

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Mushroom Superstitions Around the World

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Variety of colorful mushrooms arranged on moss with ferns and branches against a blue background.
05
Sep

From fairy rings that promised either good luck or certain doom, to mushrooms believed to be gifts from lightning bolts, fungi have always carried a touch of the mystical. Across the world, people have whispered stories about mushrooms as portals, omens, and even messengers from the spirit realm. In this post, we’ll take you on a curious stroll through mushroom superstitions—where science fades, folklore blooms, and the humble fungi become magical symbols in human history.

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Advice, Mushrooms

Shrooms in the City: A Psychedelic Survival Guide

Posted on by Lennox Reid
01
Aug

You don’t need to be deep in the woods to have a deep experience—sometimes the best mushroom trips happen right in the middle of the city. Shrooms in the City is your unofficial (and slightly unhinged) guide to urban tripping, complete with personal stories of rooftop revelations, parkside giggle fits, abandoned building explorations, and more. Whether you’re chasing sunsets or befriending squirrels, this survival guide will help you find the magic between the concrete.

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Why Your Next Girls’ Trip Should Include Mushrooms

Posted on by Lennox Reid
Women laughing and lounging outdoors during a girls' trip, surrounded by nature and good vibes
25
Jul

Forget the overpriced spa weekends and chaotic Vegas nights—your next girls’ trip deserves something deeper. In this blog, we explore how microdosing mushrooms can help you and your besties unplug, laugh harder, and bond on a whole new level. Whether it’s heart-to-hearts in the forest or full-body giggles under the stars, mushrooms just might be the secret ingredient to your most meaningful getaway yet.

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